Toy Story - Buzz Ryan

Posted to the old MMM listserv in 2008

  Hello to all and I am so glad you are here. I feel as though I have  come home and it is good.

When I was five, and I remember this because I was in Kindergarten  in Indian Hollow, Ohio I prized my Major Matt Mason collection above  all else. I would have traded my brother for the Space Station  Playset if I had the chance. What I didn't have though the kid whose  father owned the golf course up the pike had. Hands down my favorite  was the Moon Suit.

So being dirt poor we got a hold of some cardboard boxes and  crayons, and made our very own moon suits. We would wander around the  golf course and to me the Indian Hollow Country Club was my  imaginative and societal moon. I even remember Moon Mission being one  of the first books I read. My biggest regret in all of this is I  can't remember my playmates name, and I no longer have those toys.

That is slowly changing. I have picked up a few pieces off of eBay,  fueled by the bounty offered from many sites regarding the  restoration and customization techniques.

Jumping ahead 40 years, golf courses are not so alien, and I work  for the company that bought the company that proposed and designed  the prototype that my favorite toy was based on.

I have plans to make a 1:1 scale Moonsuit, with embellishments of  my own. In order to pull this of I am going to need about 20 gallons  of fiberglass resin and bout a gazillion square feet of cloth. I have  cardboard boxes in the garage for mold making purposes. I know this  sounds nuts.

I look forward to the adventure!

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